#4A2193#4A2193

#4A2193 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.172 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2193
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 147)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 77.6%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.71, 44.96, -55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.71, 71.29, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% 0.0661 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.172 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6329, 4.6498, 28.0408)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2193 #6A9321

analogous

#213193 #4A2193 #832193

triadic

#4A2193 #934A21 #21934A

tetradic

#4A2193 #932131 #6A9321 #219383

square

#4A2193 #932131 #6A9321 #219383

split-complementary

#4A2193 #938321 #319321

monochromatic

#180B2F #311661 #4A2193 #632CC5 #8555D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#4A2193 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4A2193 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2193

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2193	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2193	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2193;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.172 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461b4',
    500: '#4a2193',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2193;
$custom-light: #8461b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2193",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.579,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37987,
    "c": 0.17199,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2193

secondary

#97BD53

accent

#E641AB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2193

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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